novitiate

基本解釋

In 1974 the church spent $1.1 million for an old Jesuit novitiate in Oregon.
1974年，教會(huì)在俄勒岡州花110萬(wàn)美元買(mǎi)下了一個(gè)古老的耶穌會(huì)修道院。
The test objective of probation period makes it different from novitiate and apprentice period.
試用期所具有的“實(shí)驗(yàn)性”目的使其區(qū)別于見(jiàn)習(xí)期和學(xué)徒期。
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An entrance procedure requiring a three-year novitiate and solemn vows ensured a committed membership.
入口的程序，需要一個(gè)三年期見(jiàn)習(xí)和莊嚴(yán)的誓言確保了承諾的成員。

He tried the novitiate for a year, but was thrown out for intellectual pride.
ECONOMIST: Eugene McCarthy
Frederick Hopkins, a medical doctor who had entered the Novitiate with Gerard in 1868, and whose suave manner had earned him the nickname of "the genteel Hop, " sat on the sofa cushion next to his and glanced at the page.
NPR: Excerpt: 'Exiles'

the state of being a novice, esp in a religious order, or the period for which this lasts